Genesis 10:30
And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.
Genesis 10:30 in other translations
| BSB | Their territory extended from Mesha to Sephar, in the eastern hill country. |
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| WEB | Their dwelling extended from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east. |
| ASV | And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest toward Sephar, the mountain of the east. |
| YLT | and their dwelling is from Mesha, in thy coming towards Sephar, a mount of the east. |
| DARBY | And their dwelling was from Mesha, as one goes to Sephar, the eastern mountain. |
| BBE | And their country was from Mesha, in the direction of Sephar, the mountain of the east. |
| Webster | And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest to Sephar, a mount of the east. |
What does Genesis 10:30 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 10:15-32
The posterity of Canaan were numerous, rich, and pleasantly seated; yet Canaan was under a Divine curse, and not a curse causeless. Those that are under the curse of God, may, perhaps, thrive and prosper in this world; for we cannot know love or hatred, the blessing or the curse, by what is before us, but by what is within us. The curse of God always works really, and always terribly. Perhaps it is a secret curse, a…
Genesis 10:30 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 10:30
- Numbers 23:7
And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
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Context
- Genesis 10:29
And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
- Genesis 10:30
And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.
- Genesis 10:31
These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
Genesis 10:30 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y fué su habitación desde Mesa viniendo de Sephar, monte á la parte del oriente. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et leur demeure était depuis Mésha, quand tu viens vers Sephar, montagne de l’orient. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und ihr Wohnsitz war von Meschar nach Sephar hin, dem Gebirge des Ostens. - |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et facta est habitatio eorum de Messa pergentibus usque Sephar montem orientalem. |